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Thank you.

You've traveled a long way, and I
understand the idol is important to your

people. I sympathize with you, Mr.
Mandak. However, the exhibit will open

tomorrow on schedule.

Brava must not be desecrated.

The idol will not be damaged, not even
be touched.

A face for Brava is not for the
unbeliever.

I'm only the director of the museum.

I cannot cancel the exhibit.

As the chairman of the executives, Mr.
Jameson...

The board of trustees, I have to answer
to all of them. And they will answer to

Rava. I warn you, Professor Rustin,
unless Rava is returned to Khalistan,

you will feel his wrath.

You mean the famous curse of Rava?

You mock him.

Oh, no, no, I mean no disrespect to your
religion. It's just that I find it hard

to believe in curses.

I warned you.

She's just a student who works here
part-time.

I know who she is.

Possibly better than you do.

If you persist in treating our God as a
carnival freak, He will do more than

just warn you, Professor Rustin.

Much more.

Sorry, pal. No cameras. Oh, uh, I'm
Parker from the Bugle. Oh. What's going

on here? Oh, they're picketing the
Calistani exhibit in the main gallery.

Oh, yeah, I heard something about that.
You're displaying Rava, the Calistani

god of death?

That thing has the ugliest face I've
ever seen.

How can anybody get down and worship a
thing like that?

Maybe they're afraid not to.

Hmm. Oh.

Well, as a matter of fact, yes, you did.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize you were
so engrossed in your work.

Well, he's a pretty engrossing old boy.

What's wrong?

You mustn't touch him.

Oh, that's right. I'm sorry. I forgot.

My name is Peter Parker. I'm a
photographer with the Bugle. Trina

Pandit. Do you work here?

I'm a student assistant curator.

I'm translating the inscription at the
base of the idol.

Oh, well, then you must be from exotic
Calistan.

No, exotic Kansas.

But my grandparents are from Calistan.
They came to farm a long time ago.

Well, that's kind of like the Wizard of
Oz, but in reverse.

You know, I'm a student here myself. I'm
a grad student in physics. I'm just a

photographer part-time.

How come I've never seen you around?

It's a big university.

Not that big.

Maybe it tore loose when Spider-Man was
swinging on it. Maybe, but that doesn't

explain all the shaking just before it
happened.

What do you think caused it, Professor?

I don't know. I'm an art historian,
Captain.

Ask young Parker there.

Physical sciences are his field.

How about it, Parker?

Could an earthquake have caused all
this?

Well, certainly if we were in
California.

But there's never been an earthquake
recorded in Manhattan.

Thanks, Parker. You're a big help.

My God, John, what's happened here?

Calistones, Jonah. I told you we'd have
trouble with them. And I told you that

we were not going to be pushed around by
some splinter group of fanatics from a

stupid country halfway around the world.

Parker, what are you doing here?

This is the university, sir. I go to
school here, remember?

Jonah, I think we should cancel the
exhibit.

That idol is a religious symbol to these
Khalistanis. We don't have the right.

Right? We have more than a right. We
have a contract with the legitimate

government of Khalistan to do this
exhibit.

We're the only museum in the country
that'll have the idol.

I have a feeling this is just the
beginning.

You believe in that curse business,
don't you? I don't know what I believe

anymore. A piece of ornamental stone
couldn't fall, but it did. You probably

don't believe that you could lose your
job here.

But you can.

Don't threaten me, Jonah.

I don't wish to be disrespectful of the
dead, but I don't care how much money

your wife raised for this museum. She
didn't own it, and neither do you.

I want the doors to this museum open to
the public as soon as this mess is out

of the way.

You understand that?

All right, what are you standing around
here for?

Get this place cleaned up.

Wait till you see some of these, Mr.
Jameson. I've got some real winners

here.

Parker, I can't print these.

But you always say that pictures like
these are what sell newspapers. Not my

newspapers.

Parker, don't you know that my wife was
a patron of that museum?

Do you realize that I'm now chairman of
the board of trustees?

Why would I want to give the museum this
kind of publicity?

But you always say to report the news as
it happens, no matter who's involved.

Stop telling me what I always say.

Well, I suppose I can always do
something else with these.

Like what?

I took these pictures on my own time.
That gives me the right to do whatever I

want with them.

Parker, you would sell those to a rival
paper.

Where's your loyalty?

Mr. Jameson, I'm just a... Poor graduate
student who's trying to squeeze by as a

low-paid, part-time photographer.

Now, these are good.

They're really good.

I was the only photographer there, so
that makes these an exclusive.

I think somebody will buy them from me,
don't you, sir?

Rita.

Yeah, boss? We're buying some pictures
from Parker and the negatives.

Authorized payment, will you?

I'd throw in a $50 bonus.

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Mr. Jameson. That's very
generous of you. Get out of here,

Parker.

Wow, I am impressed. I am very
impressed.

You know, the last guy that got 50 bucks
out of Mr. High Roller that easily was

the guy that mugged him in Central Park
last summer. Oh, really? You have the

chief all wrong. He's really a very fair
man.

You just have to know how to talk to
him. Pete, why do I get the feeling

you're conning me?

This is in the main gallery.

Thank you.

Well, John, what is it that's so serious
here that we can't discuss it over the

phone? I have to convince you, Jonah.

We have to get that idol back to
Calistan or something terrible is going

to happen.

I'm scared.

Well, I'm not.

I may not be from Missouri, but if this
curse business is for real, you're going

to have to show me.

That guy with all those arms would make
a fortune in the circus.

One more time, please.

Well,

the lights kept flickering on and off,
and suddenly they went out completely,

and I heard Ruston scream, and then
there was this crash, and then the

lights came back on, and there was
Ruston lying right there with the idol

on top of him.

Think it was the curse?

Nah, of course not.

Then how do you explain it?

I don't know. You're the detective. You
figure it out.

I think maybe I have.

Either of you ever see any tables slide
across the floor by themselves?

Or shields fly off the wall?

Or this statue dancing on its pedestal?

What are you getting at?

There's another way all this could have
happened, you know.

What are you suggesting?

Mr. Jameson, I wish there were some
other explanation.

But you had a motive.

Several witnesses, including me, saw you
and the professor argue.

You're saying that I tried to kill him?

Oh, come on. Call the hospital.

Ask Rustin. He'll tell you.

I have a man down there. But Professor
Rustin, he's in pretty bad shape. I

don't think he's going to be talking to
anybody for a long time, if ever.

I don't believe this.

I want to talk to my lawyer.

Call him from the precinct.

Now, wait a minute.

Please, sir, don't make me use the
handcuffs.

Oh, this is ridiculous.

I want my lawyer!

Get me out of here!

Don't worry about a thing, Mr. Jameson.
Your lawyer's on his way.

What are you doing here?

Rita called me.

Why? Oh, she thought maybe I could help
you.

Well, what am I worrying about?

Here I am in jail, accused of attempted
murder, three days before a

stockholders' meeting where I have to
fight off some...

A pirate who's trying to take over the
paper.

Look who's on my side.

A college kid who runs around with a
camera hanging on his neck.

And a lawyer that nobody can even find.

Captain, Mr. Jameson wouldn't kill
anybody. This whole thing is just crazy.

Yeah, you want to know what else is
crazy?

Read that.

Is this Mr. Jameson's statement?

The table slid at them by itself?

Do you realize who I am?

Yes, a very important man. That's why
I'm recommending that the DA sleep on it

before deciding whether to charge you or
not. Of course, you'll probably have to

spend the night in jail.

What? Well, that's good, sir.

I don't see anything good about this.

If I lose control of the paper, you'll
probably lose your job.

You've thought of that, haven't you?

No, I mean, it's good that Captain
Barbera's recommendation counts for so

much. When he finds out that the bugle
is doing an in-depth profile on him, and

he realizes that his treatment of you
will have a direct bearing on the tone

of that article... Article on me?

Well, I'm sorry. I saw the memo on
Rita's desk.

One of your better ideas, I must say.

Oh, yes.

Yes. Thank you.

You know, maybe I'd better call the D.A.
It would be a shame if Mr. Jameson had

to spend the night here if it really
wasn't necessary.

Are you sure he won't mind if you call
him this late?

Trust me.

Parker, sometimes you amaze me.

You know, son, that story about Captain
Bampera, that isn't a bad idea at all.

Yeah, I think I'll put Myers on it.

And you can handle the pictures.

Oh, that's terrific. Thank you, sir. But
first, we've got to get you cleared for

that stockholder's meeting.

Mr. Jamison, I've got your car parked
right out front.

What are you all dressed up for?

Now, you didn't want me driving around
in your rolls in an old housecoat, did

you? Well, actually, I didn't want you
driving around in it at all.

You know, tell the truth.

You're getting out early kind of messed
up my plans. See, I had this date with

this guy in over in Jersey. We were
going to strip your car.

Well, now, I believe she was.

What are you doing here?

I told you the university wasn't that
big.

Good. How did you know I'd be coming
this way?

Because your next class is in the chem
building, which is right over there.

How did you know that?

Oh, a good reporter never reveals his
sources.

Oh, you checked my class card at the ad
building.

Now, you see, you could be a reporter,
too.

Trina, you were there at the museum the
night that Mr. Jameson went to meet

Professor Rustin.

Are you certain they were alone?

All I know is I didn't see anyone.

I locked the door before I left.

Well, now, what's the big deal about
Rava back in Kalistan?

Kalistan used to be ruled by the high
priest of Rava.

That's it?

That's why the idol is so important?

Well, the members of the cult were the
fiercest warriors in the country.

Oh, so that's how the cult held power.

I understand they used to worship death.

Not really.

They believed that death and battle was
the way to a place of honor in the next

life.

Peter, why are you asking me all these
questions?

Because I'm trying to help, Mr. James.

And because you're the only expert on
Calistan, I happen to know.

I'm no expert on Calistan. Well, you've
translated the inscriptions on the idol.

Look, the cult was overthrown in the
high priest banished 50 years before I

was even born.

So... You mean to say the cult doesn't
exist?

I didn't say that.

So it does exist.

Trina, what are you afraid of? I'm not
afraid of anything.

I'm just concerned about what happened
to Professor Rustin.

Suppose the cult did get their hands on
the idol and took it back to Kalistan.

What would happen?

The high priest would declare a holy war
and try to regain power.

Civil war?

Have they ever tried that before?

Bob has always been very carefully
guarded.

As a matter of fact, this is the first
time the government has ever allowed the

idol to leave the country.

Which means this is the first time the
cult has had a chance to get their hands

on it.

I wouldn't know about that.

Look, I'm going to be late. I have a
class.

But Professor Ashton said that our God
would be returned to Khalistan.

Well, I hope you got that in writing,
pal.

Because we can't very well ask him now,
can we? You must return Rava to his

people. Hey, don't tell me what I must
do. This could turn into a murder

investigation. This statue here is
evidence.

It's not going anywhere.

You will know Rava's revenge.

Yeah?

Well, if I'm ever in Kalistan, I'll
remember not to drink the water.

Get out of here.

Don't worry about those guys.

I'll tell you what. I'll have the
cruisers in the area make a couple extra

rounds, okay?

Thanks a lot, Captain.

Sure make me feel a lot better.

Where's your phone?

Oh.

Captain, can I talk to you?

Look, you have got to make sure that the
idol of Rava doesn't get back to

Kalistan. I mean, it could cause a civil
war with Kalistan sitting right between

Russia and China. Relax, Parker.

I already talked to some fruitcake who
said he was from the Kalistan Council.

Captain, did he threaten you? No, but he
said that that statue of Smiling Jack in

there was going to get me. You notice
how scared I am.

You can take that that lightly if I were
you, sir. Look what happened to

Professor Rust.

Me too.

Parker, don't you have to oil your slide
rule or something?

No.

Wow.

. .

.

Uh-huh.

Thanks. Had to bring a Barbera sandwich.

If I hadn't pulled out the bologna. Hey,
come back here.

An in-depth profile of Captain Barbera.

That's the worst idea I ever heard.

Well, it seemed like a good idea at the
time. You liked it.

Sure. That was before Rustin slipped
into a coma.

Do you know what this is going to look
like to the stockholders of the

newspaper?

Mr. Jameson, you're not guilty.

It doesn't matter.

If I'm not at that meeting for any
reason, especially if I'm in jail, I'll

lose the paper.

We can't let that happen.

We?

There's nothing we can do about it.

Mr. Jameson, do you remember those
pictures that I took at the museum?

Could I have another look at those,
please?

Why? I got a shot of one of the
demonstrators. Now, I think this man was

involved. They're all involved.

Have you been talking to the bulletin of
the dispatch?

I see.

You're the first of the rats to leave
the sinking ship. Is that it?

I would never do any such thing.

I paid you more than I should have for
those pictures.

They're mine.

Nobody's going to see them.

Why does that man have to be so
stubborn?

That's probably what got him where he
is. I mean, he is in jail, and he still

thinks he knows all the answers.

If that's what it takes to be rich, I'd
rather stay poor.

Honey, you work for Mr. Jameson long
enough, you'll get your wish for sure.

We have got to help him. Now, I have to
get some of those pictures that I sold

to Mr. Jameson. Rita, I have a shot of
one of the demonstrators. I am sure the

man was involved.

Forget it, Pete. Now, he's got them and
the negatives in his desk, and the

office is locked. He locks it whenever
he leaves.

Well, why does he do that? You're always
here.

Who do you think he is worried about?

Rita, isn't there some way this could be
arranged? Our jobs are at stake.

Oh.

Well, listen, honey, now that you put it
that way, oh, yes, there is a way it can

be arranged.

Yeah, yeah, he's one of them. They said
they were from the calisthenic

consulate. What makes you think this guy
has anything to do with Rustin's

accident? I guess you could just say
I've got a feeling about him.

Every time he's around, something bad
happens. Really? I could say the same

thing about you.

Well, you had a run-in with him. Did
anything strange happen to you?

Yeah. As a matter of fact, I did. It
wasn't for... If it hadn't been for who?

Well, what happened to you, Captain?

Nothing happened, Parker. Forget it.

Well, something certainly happened to
Mr. Jamison. Okay, okay. Just for the

sake of argument, say something did
happen to me.

Something like the things that Mr.
Jamison described.

Okay, Parker.

Okay. Just tell me one thing.

How could this callous fanny have pulled
it off? I don't know.

But if something strange had happened to
me, I'd want to find out how.

It's interesting that you called. I was
following this case anyway.

Have you ever heard of telekinesis?

The ability to move objects with the
mind, sure. But I thought it was mostly

a theory.

Oh, telekinesis exists.

There's too much data to deny it.

I get reports every week here of people
who can perform telekinetic feats.

There are people who, on command, in
front of a live TV camera, can move

objects on a table.

Or make images appear on a photographic
negative.

Exactly. The most powerful telekinetic
minds can bend steel bars with just the

force of their minds.

Doctor, have you ever heard of something
called teleportation?

Yes, but that's just a theory.

Well, tell me, how does it work?

Well, it's a concept in which the mind
of the teleport is able to change the

molecular structure of an object.

in such a way as to make it seem to
disappear from one location, transport

it over a distance, return it to its
original form, making it seem to

materialize in a second location.

Mr. Jameson didn't mention anything
about any objects disappearing.

Well, the phenomena he described only
sounds possible if he encountered an

individual with an incredibly advanced
telekinetic gift.

But I've never heard of anyone having
the power as strongly as you described.

But if he did have it that strongly, he
could do all the things that Mr. Jameson

described. Oh, absolutely.

Theoretically, the extent of the power
is limitless. If you'd like to know

more, why don't you slip through these
books?

Oh, thank you.

Thank you very much, Dr. Keller. I
really appreciate it.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, hello, Captain.

You going to take a class?

Sure. I may even go back to school full
time.

Good. Maybe I can get you into my
fraternity.

Hey, Doc, can I talk to you a minute?

I know who you claim to be.

You have seen my power.

Could any man but his high priest have
such power?

Only if the old legends are to be
believed.

You do not have much respect.

I had heard that you were more American
than Calistani.

I am only American. I've never been to
Calistan.

But it is in your blood.

After all, your grandmother was a
daughter of the last high priest of

Rava.

Then you also knew that I would be
coming to you for help.

I will not help you destroy a Calistan
that 70 years of peace has allowed her

to become.

You do as I say.

Thank you.

I knew you would see it my way.

I open up this morning at 9 a.m., just
like always.

Then I shut out the alarms and opened
up.

Were all the alarms in working order?
Oh, they worked perfectly. I can't

understand it. Was the idol the only
thing that was taken? Parker, what are

you doing here?

I was on my way to class when I saw your
car.

Doesn't this prove that Mr. Jameson was
innocent?

Certainly not.

You know, Captain, there could be
international repercussions over this.

Yeah? Well, don't you worry about it,
Parker. I'll find it.

Have you questioned those Calistanis
that tried to take the statue from you?

That's a terrific idea, Parker. Talk
about your international repercussions.

You want me to waltz up to the Calistani
consulate and accuse them of robbery?

That'd look great in the papers.

Yeah, I see what you mean.

Sir, how many sets of keys to the museum
were there?

Well, we have two sets in security, and
Dr.

Rustin had two sets of keys.

Maybe there's a record in his office of
who has that other set. But what do we

wait?

Trina?

Well, twice in one week.

I guess the university isn't as big as I
thought it was.

Trina, I have to talk to you.

Sure. But I've got a client. Can't I
wait?

Robert was stolen last night.

That's terrible.

I think you had something to do with it.

I'm going to be late.

You told me that you locked up the
museum the night you let Mr.

Jameson in.

The police will find out that you've got
a set of keys. It's just a question of

time. But we don't have much time.

Here we, Trina.

I'll be taking the idol back to Calistan
tonight.

Was this the man?

Who is he?

His name is Mandak.

He's the high priest of Rava.

Why did you help me?

I had to.

He's got a kind of power.

Yeah, I know. It's called telekinesis.
He can make things happen with his mind.

That's how they choose the high priest.

Whoever has the greatest power gets the
job.

The other night, at the museum, when
Mandak and Professor Rustin were

arguing, were you there?

Yes.

He made the idol shake. He made a
scimitar fly at the professor.

And he made a stone object fall.

Everything Mr. Jameson said happened
really did happen.

Certainly made the idol fall on the
professor, too.

Well, then why don't you go to Captain
Barbera and tell him all that so Mr.

Jameson can get out of jail?

Look, maybe Professor Rustin will get
better, and maybe he'll clear Mr.

Jameson, but that isn't going to happen
for a while.

There's a meeting tomorrow of the
stockholders at the newspaper. If Mr.

Jameson isn't there, he will lose
control of the bugle.

You have got to do it now.

I should have done it already.

But I was afraid of men, Dad.

Oh, Peter, I'm so ashamed.

Don't be.

Everybody will realize how hard it was
to stand up against that kind of power.

So I want to check on the location of
every Calistani in the city.

Then call the Immigration Service.

Call the State Department.

10-4. Out.

Why, what?

I had to talk to you. I have something
important to say.

You could have phoned me. Would you have
believed me if I called and said I was

Spider-Man?

You got a point. What kind of
information?

The idol of Rava was stolen by a man
named Mandak. It's being held at the

Khalistani consulate.

It might as well be in Khalistan. I
can't go busting in their consulate

without some pretty heavy evidence.

I know that.

But if you happen to be at the rear of
the consulate tonight, about 11, you

just might find the idol sitting on the
curb.

Yeah, they're just going to get it back
like that?

Not exactly.

Just be there tonight at 11.

You'll see.

You'll get yours one of these days, you
whip-headed.

What's going on? Mandak!

Mandak!

You have desecrated Rava. You will feel
his wrath.

Ah, Parker. Oh, Mr. Jameson, how did it
go at the stockholders' meeting?

Oh, I think you could say I sunk that
pirate.

Isn't it beautiful?

So you're still in control of the
newspaper?

Well, there was never any doubt about
that.

Once I got out of that ridiculous
jail... Oh, I'm sorry about that, sir. I

was doing my job.

You did an excellent job, Captain.

I thank you, sir. I'd like to take all
the credit, but I have to admit I

couldn't have fooled it off without
Spider-Man.

Oh, well, he'd be delighted to hear you
say that, Captain. Do you mind if the

bugle quotes you on that? Not on your
life. I'm not giving any recognition to

some freak who runs around in a red and
blue Union suit.

Mr. Jameson, what's the latest on
Professor Rustin's condition?

Oh, I called the hospital after the
meeting. He's much better.

That is great news.

By the way, Captain, whatever happened
to Mandak?

Well, it looks like he's going to be all
right.

But the Calistanis have granted him
diplomatic immunity for some reason.

Why? I don't know.

Could it be that the government of
Calistan has plans for him and his cult

of Rava?

I see what you mean.

Well, Mr.

Jameson and Captain, why don't you both
step in here next to the idol and then I

can take pictures?

Excellent.

Okay. How about right here? Yeah, why
don't you come in close?

This is one picture that's sure to make
the front page of the bugle.

Really? At front page rates.

Yeah, at front page rates.

Thank you.